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TIL many people in Switzerland eat cat and dog meat, particularly at Christmas.

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vPMmB TIL that Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. An Olympic gold medalist; his personal best of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet (2.4 m).
KYO6G TIL about the United States of Greater Austria, a proposal by Archduke Franz Ferdinand to federalise Austria-Hungary to resolve nationalist and ethnic tensions in the empire
4XpAX TIL dogs and cats can literally tear out their own intestines if you don't leave that cone on after they're spayed.
kOrDd TIL that, in 1931, Wayne Morse, a college professor, gave one of his students, Richard Neuberger, a D for the course. When Neuberger complained, he changed his grade to an F. Because of this, 20 years later, they would only communicate through angry letters as the two senators from Oregon.
b9aa TIL that while being ‘grilled’ to death, Saint Lawrence of Rome said, “Flip me over, I’m done on this side.”